Title :
Small core ultra high numerical aperture fibers with very high nonlinearity
Author :
Fu, Libin ; Thomas, Brian K. ; Dong, Liang
Author_Institution :
IMRA America Incorporation, Ann Arbor, MI
Abstract :
We have demonstrated ultra high NA fibers of core diameters down to 1.2 mum, low confinement loss and very high nonlinearity. Efficient supercontinuum generation is demonstrated in a 2 mum core fiber. These fibers can also be spliced to conventional fibers with low loss.
Keywords :
optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; splicing; supercontinuum generation; confinement loss; fiber fabrication; fiber losses; fiber splicing; size 2 mum; supercontinuum generation; ultra high numerical aperture fibers; Apertures; Drilling; Geometry; Germanium; Glass; Optical fiber losses; Optical scattering; Photonic crystal fibers; Silicon compounds; Supercontinuum generation; (060.2280) Fiber design and fabrication; (060.4005) Microstructured fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
